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State of the Reservation Address - Page4
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TRIBAL CHAIRMAN SIGNS PROCLAMATION that designates February as "Domestic Violence Awareness" month. Crisis Center staff were present to witness the signing. L to R: Patty McGeshick, project director; Ron Jackson, Family Support Specialist; Nellie Youpee, Crisis Counselor/ Clinical Interviewer; Richard Jackson, Victim Assistant Specialist; and Phoebe Jones, Victim Witness coordinator. (Photo by M. Two Shoes)
FORT PECK TRIBES
Assiniboine & Sioux
PROCLAMATION - Domestic Violence Awareness....
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE is a serious"crime that has resulted in three deaths on the Fort Peek Indian Reservation in 1996. In recognition of these lost lives that they might not have died in vain, and as Well as past and present victims, the Fort Peck Tribes are committed to improve the law enforcement and judicial system to prevent further loss of lives and suffering.
WHEREAS: children in violent homes suffer psychologically, ^ physically, and sometimes sexually by witnessing the abuse within the home, and
WHEREAS: violence against women and children is escalating. ..^-U Statistics reveal in 1996, 96 adult_victims of domestic violence received support services from the Crisis Center, and 156 children were victims of family violence, and >^...,J[I
WHEREAS: the CRIME of domestic violence violates individual privacy, dignity, and humanity due to on-going physical, � emotional, sexual,' psychological, and economic control and/or'
abuse, and � ----- �* .
THEREFORE, the Fort Peck Tribes proclaim the month of February 1997', as DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH, and further, will prioritize the following: ;j
1. will educate the general public on domestic violence, J-
2. will enforce the Tribal Domestic Abuse Laws, /
3. will promote a safe, and healthy environment for our children.
4. will encourage participation in all public awareness activities sponsored by the Domestic Violence Program.
Chairman, Fort Peck Tribes
Date
Montana initiative is "Racist Paternalism" says Native Action
LAME DEER - Gail Small, Executive Director of Native Action, a non-profit organization in Lame Deer, Montana states that, "the Montana Initiative is an example of racist paternalism. Despite the fact that the federal coal deposits being suggested for the Crown Butte exchange lie directly to the north, east, and south of the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation, there is no Cheyenne representation on the Informal Working
Group formed by the federal and state governments.
It is shocking that the federal government, our legal trustee, is aggressively pushing this settlement without consulting the Cheyenne people. In this case, the "not by my backyard" demands of impacts residents and well meaning environmental groups are placated by protecting Yellowstone Pa/' at the cost of surrounding the Cheyenne people with coal stiio mines and
railroads."
For the past twenty years, the Cheyenne people have sacrificed to maintain the environmental and cultural integrity of their homeland in southeastern Montana. We are currently in litigation over the Tongue River Railroad and the Montco coal mine, both of which are owned by Wesco Resources - the same Wesco Resources pushing "the
(Native Action - Page 2)
$800,000.00 difference in per caps causes Assiniboine to request audit
By Minnie Two Shoes * The difference between the 1995 and 1996 Assiniboine per capita was almost $800,000 and for that reason, the Assiniboine have requested an audit of their funds held by the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
The Assiniboine met February 15 at the Oswego Community Hall and their request for the audit was on the top of their list of actions to be taken.
A copy of a letter from the law firm of Sonosky, Chambers, Sachse and En-
dreson to Caleb Shields, chairman of the Fort Peck Tribal Executive Board, was provided to the Assiniboine.
"The Wotanin (Wowapi) for December 12, 1996 reported a $44 per capita for the Assiniboine compared to $62 for 1995. This represents a difference of about $800,000. I suggest that the Assiniboine authorize us to follow this up with a request to the Secretary (of the Interior) for an accounting," states the letter.
"There has to be a reason
for the one-third deduction. There was not that great a difference in interest rates on (federal) government guaranteed instruments," the letter, signed by Marvin J. Sonosky, states.
If, for some reason, the audit must be paid for, the Assiniboine passed a resolution requesting the Fort Peck Tribes pay those costs.
It is hoped the audit will be completed by the March 15 meeting of the Assiniboine, said George "Fish" Redstone, AC chairman.
Assiniboine Council meets
By Minnie Two Shoes
The Fort Peck Assiniboine Council met Feb. 15 and although a quorum of over 25 members were present, election of officers and members of the Steering Committee was postponed.
It was felt that more people should be present at the deepens, which will be held March 15, said George "Fish" Redstone, chairman of FPAC.
Although over 50 people were present at the Feb. 15 meeting, which was held at the Oswego Community Hall, only 29 were signed in, he said.
The Assiniboine maintained a quorum of over 25 members throughout the two-hour meeting and nine motions on a variety of subjects were discussed and voted on.
Cultural Society created
The Assiniboine agreed to establish an Assiniboine Cultural Society (ACS) in response to a request from Ronn Moccasin.
He said the purpose of the ACS would be to enhance the the education of students in reservation schools, so that
IBrockton
'Election rescheduled
�Ask tribes to use utility tax for tribal members
�Hunting moratorium motion defeated
�Requests more info on welfare reform
�Support need for constitutional revision
language and culture could be offered.
"There is a great need for the Assiniboine to do something for the education of their students," he said, "We need to own our culture, if not, we're not going to have our culture."
A good example of this is at the local powwows, where you can see many young people, but, he said, "They're not dancing or singing -they're out walking the snagging trail."
Keeping the language and
culture is important, he said, "We lose it every time we lose an elderly person and that's never going to come back."
Moccasin said the ACS could get a resource list of elders and others with language and culture skills, which should be published.
If you read the tribal newspaper, the Wotanin Wowapi, he said, "It's about the Sioux."
It's not only students and youth who need to learn about the Assiniboine people and history, adults are also lacking in knowledge, said Moccasin.
Vera Garsky disagreed with him, saying, "There's absolutely no way we can lose the culture."
Garsky did agree that many parents aren't teaching their children the history, culture or language of their people.
Dwayne Buckles said parents also need a place where they can go to learn those kinds of things, as many were never taught them.
Hazel Boyd said it is up to the older people to teach their kids and grandkids.
(Assiniboine - Page 2)
Training helps man save baby
By Minnie Two Shoes
Living in a small town on the Fort Peck Reservation that doesn't have a medical facility, emergency medical help can be far away.
Residents in many of the reservation towns, however, have people in each community who are certified emergency responders, thanks to Tribal Health.
The evening of Feb. 10, a Poplar family visiting in Brockton was glad such a person existed when their 3-month-old baby stopped oreathing.
Dale Long Tree, a Community Health Representative (CHR) for Tribal Health was able to save the life of the baby using cardio-pulminary resusitation (CPR) techniques he learned as part of his job as a CHR.
Interviewed Feb. 11, Long Tree said he was at his Brockton home about 8 p.m. when Toni Walking Eagle came over, carrying her daughter and very upset. "She was crying and
LIFE SAVER - Dale Long Tree is glad he had the training to help save the life of a baby that had stopped breathing. (Photo by M. Two Shoes)
scared, they didn't have their jackets on or shoes, they just ran over to my place. The baby was unresponsive, not breathing," he said.
An ambulance was called for right away, he said "I
started performing CPR on her until the ambulance
came."
The baby started breathing again by the time the ambulance got there, he said, and they took the baby to the hospital in Poplar.
Long Tree, a CHR for five years, said that in Brockton,
he and Gary James Melbourne, director of Tribal Health, are both certified in emergency medical service.
They are recertified annually by the state of Montana as "First Responders" and Long Tree said he is about to undertake a class so he can be certified for Emergency Medical Training (EMT).
Long Tree said because of the training and living in the community, "people know we respond to these things, so they come get our help if something happens."
He was glad to help out with the baby and its family, that's what he's there for, said Long Tree. "All my training finally paid off."

State of the Reservation Address - Page4
Cooking for many no easy chore - page
Bulk Rate U.S. Postage Paid Poplar, Montana 59255 Permit No. 5
5C{
VleetUy
Wj&immWjmofi
Vcl. 28 JVa.7 ftoflax, Moniana 3aBhuwuj. 20, /997
TRIBAL CHAIRMAN SIGNS PROCLAMATION that designates February as "Domestic Violence Awareness" month. Crisis Center staff were present to witness the signing. L to R: Patty McGeshick, project director; Ron Jackson, Family Support Specialist; Nellie Youpee, Crisis Counselor/ Clinical Interviewer; Richard Jackson, Victim Assistant Specialist; and Phoebe Jones, Victim Witness coordinator. (Photo by M. Two Shoes)
FORT PECK TRIBES
Assiniboine & Sioux
PROCLAMATION - Domestic Violence Awareness....
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE is a serious"crime that has resulted in three deaths on the Fort Peek Indian Reservation in 1996. In recognition of these lost lives that they might not have died in vain, and as Well as past and present victims, the Fort Peck Tribes are committed to improve the law enforcement and judicial system to prevent further loss of lives and suffering.
WHEREAS: children in violent homes suffer psychologically, ^ physically, and sometimes sexually by witnessing the abuse within the home, and
WHEREAS: violence against women and children is escalating. ..^-U Statistics reveal in 1996, 96 adult_victims of domestic violence received support services from the Crisis Center, and 156 children were victims of family violence, and >^...,J[I
WHEREAS: the CRIME of domestic violence violates individual privacy, dignity, and humanity due to on-going physical, � emotional, sexual,' psychological, and economic control and/or'
abuse, and � ----- �* .
THEREFORE, the Fort Peck Tribes proclaim the month of February 1997', as DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH, and further, will prioritize the following: ;j
1. will educate the general public on domestic violence, J-
2. will enforce the Tribal Domestic Abuse Laws, /
3. will promote a safe, and healthy environment for our children.
4. will encourage participation in all public awareness activities sponsored by the Domestic Violence Program.
Chairman, Fort Peck Tribes
Date
Montana initiative is "Racist Paternalism" says Native Action
LAME DEER - Gail Small, Executive Director of Native Action, a non-profit organization in Lame Deer, Montana states that, "the Montana Initiative is an example of racist paternalism. Despite the fact that the federal coal deposits being suggested for the Crown Butte exchange lie directly to the north, east, and south of the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation, there is no Cheyenne representation on the Informal Working
Group formed by the federal and state governments.
It is shocking that the federal government, our legal trustee, is aggressively pushing this settlement without consulting the Cheyenne people. In this case, the "not by my backyard" demands of impacts residents and well meaning environmental groups are placated by protecting Yellowstone Pa/' at the cost of surrounding the Cheyenne people with coal stiio mines and
railroads."
For the past twenty years, the Cheyenne people have sacrificed to maintain the environmental and cultural integrity of their homeland in southeastern Montana. We are currently in litigation over the Tongue River Railroad and the Montco coal mine, both of which are owned by Wesco Resources - the same Wesco Resources pushing "the
(Native Action - Page 2)
$800,000.00 difference in per caps causes Assiniboine to request audit
By Minnie Two Shoes * The difference between the 1995 and 1996 Assiniboine per capita was almost $800,000 and for that reason, the Assiniboine have requested an audit of their funds held by the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
The Assiniboine met February 15 at the Oswego Community Hall and their request for the audit was on the top of their list of actions to be taken.
A copy of a letter from the law firm of Sonosky, Chambers, Sachse and En-
dreson to Caleb Shields, chairman of the Fort Peck Tribal Executive Board, was provided to the Assiniboine.
"The Wotanin (Wowapi) for December 12, 1996 reported a $44 per capita for the Assiniboine compared to $62 for 1995. This represents a difference of about $800,000. I suggest that the Assiniboine authorize us to follow this up with a request to the Secretary (of the Interior) for an accounting" states the letter.
"There has to be a reason
for the one-third deduction. There was not that great a difference in interest rates on (federal) government guaranteed instruments" the letter, signed by Marvin J. Sonosky, states.
If, for some reason, the audit must be paid for, the Assiniboine passed a resolution requesting the Fort Peck Tribes pay those costs.
It is hoped the audit will be completed by the March 15 meeting of the Assiniboine, said George "Fish" Redstone, AC chairman.
Assiniboine Council meets
By Minnie Two Shoes
The Fort Peck Assiniboine Council met Feb. 15 and although a quorum of over 25 members were present, election of officers and members of the Steering Committee was postponed.
It was felt that more people should be present at the deepens, which will be held March 15, said George "Fish" Redstone, chairman of FPAC.
Although over 50 people were present at the Feb. 15 meeting, which was held at the Oswego Community Hall, only 29 were signed in, he said.
The Assiniboine maintained a quorum of over 25 members throughout the two-hour meeting and nine motions on a variety of subjects were discussed and voted on.
Cultural Society created
The Assiniboine agreed to establish an Assiniboine Cultural Society (ACS) in response to a request from Ronn Moccasin.
He said the purpose of the ACS would be to enhance the the education of students in reservation schools, so that
IBrockton
'Election rescheduled
�Ask tribes to use utility tax for tribal members
�Hunting moratorium motion defeated
�Requests more info on welfare reform
�Support need for constitutional revision
language and culture could be offered.
"There is a great need for the Assiniboine to do something for the education of their students" he said, "We need to own our culture, if not, we're not going to have our culture."
A good example of this is at the local powwows, where you can see many young people, but, he said, "They're not dancing or singing -they're out walking the snagging trail."
Keeping the language and
culture is important, he said, "We lose it every time we lose an elderly person and that's never going to come back."
Moccasin said the ACS could get a resource list of elders and others with language and culture skills, which should be published.
If you read the tribal newspaper, the Wotanin Wowapi, he said, "It's about the Sioux."
It's not only students and youth who need to learn about the Assiniboine people and history, adults are also lacking in knowledge, said Moccasin.
Vera Garsky disagreed with him, saying, "There's absolutely no way we can lose the culture."
Garsky did agree that many parents aren't teaching their children the history, culture or language of their people.
Dwayne Buckles said parents also need a place where they can go to learn those kinds of things, as many were never taught them.
Hazel Boyd said it is up to the older people to teach their kids and grandkids.
(Assiniboine - Page 2)
Training helps man save baby
By Minnie Two Shoes
Living in a small town on the Fort Peck Reservation that doesn't have a medical facility, emergency medical help can be far away.
Residents in many of the reservation towns, however, have people in each community who are certified emergency responders, thanks to Tribal Health.
The evening of Feb. 10, a Poplar family visiting in Brockton was glad such a person existed when their 3-month-old baby stopped oreathing.
Dale Long Tree, a Community Health Representative (CHR) for Tribal Health was able to save the life of the baby using cardio-pulminary resusitation (CPR) techniques he learned as part of his job as a CHR.
Interviewed Feb. 11, Long Tree said he was at his Brockton home about 8 p.m. when Toni Walking Eagle came over, carrying her daughter and very upset. "She was crying and
LIFE SAVER - Dale Long Tree is glad he had the training to help save the life of a baby that had stopped breathing. (Photo by M. Two Shoes)
scared, they didn't have their jackets on or shoes, they just ran over to my place. The baby was unresponsive, not breathing" he said.
An ambulance was called for right away, he said "I
started performing CPR on her until the ambulance
came."
The baby started breathing again by the time the ambulance got there, he said, and they took the baby to the hospital in Poplar.
Long Tree, a CHR for five years, said that in Brockton,
he and Gary James Melbourne, director of Tribal Health, are both certified in emergency medical service.
They are recertified annually by the state of Montana as "First Responders" and Long Tree said he is about to undertake a class so he can be certified for Emergency Medical Training (EMT).
Long Tree said because of the training and living in the community, "people know we respond to these things, so they come get our help if something happens."
He was glad to help out with the baby and its family, that's what he's there for, said Long Tree. "All my training finally paid off."